SINCE 1828
red-tailed hawk
noun
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Definition of red-tailed hawk
: a widely distributed chiefly rodent-eating New World hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that is usually mottled dusky above and white streaked dusky and tinged with buff below and has a rather short typically reddish tail
— called also redtail
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red-tailed hawk
noun
English Language Learners Definition of red-tailed hawk
: a type of American hawk that has a reddish tail
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